The Xavier Files - X-Men Digest Novels Author:Justine Korman Reading level 3.9 — FROM THE DESK OF CHARLES XAVIER, PH.D. — Dear Readers, — Who are the X-Men, you might well ask. Are they just mutants--despised and persecuted for the X-factor in their blood that gives them superhuman powers? Or are they a select group of men and women choosing to shoulder a terrible and awesome responsibility--to help mutant- ... more »and humankind live together in harmony and peace? I, Charles Xavier, have decided to open my private files in the hope of answering these very questions. I offer you this opportunity to know my X-Men--Beast, Rogue, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Jubilee, Storm, Gambit and Wolverine--intimately. Then you may learn, as they have, the price one pays to carry a hero's burden.« less